The choice fell on «Carmen», so called because it is the only model of the company that the former Fisker Automotive has managed to release in 2011–2012 (it was collected in Finland in the factory Valmet).
In addition, James Taylor, marketing director, commented on the choice of name also: «The concept of karma is based on the principle of cause and effect. Your actions create the future. It is the realization that we do, why we do it. We characterize him as an action with intent. For this, we are in favor, this is our identity. »
Repurchased Chinese firm Wanxiang Group, Karma Automotive, changing together with the sign and the top management (the company's founder, Henrik Fisker designer, is also not out of work), and received a new production site, but not in China, and in California.
Recall former Fisker Automotive had trials with Tesla, which claimed that Fisker borrowed from the future development of its Model S. Tesla But the process of losing, so nothing to prove. That was in 2008, but in 2012 Hurricane Sandy destroyed warehouse Fisker, which were waiting for a buyer for more than three hundred hybrid sedans. As there was not bankrupt!
Updated Karma Automotive obliged to resume by the summer of next year (first plans were for 2015) production of its hybrid sedan. Of course, the model will be subject to revision, but in that it specifically will result is still unknown. Previous Karma had under the hood of a 2-liter 260 hp gasoline turbo engine and a pair of 161-horsepower electric motor. Battery lasts for 51 km in the EPA cycle without running the engine.
